... cases such as the Pacific Rim case in El Salvador are major contributors to undermining democracy in Central America. The same can go for cases in Honduras and Guatemala, where Canadian mining firms have ...
... of Quiche in northwestern Guatemala.
In Honduras more than 40 open town meetings have been held in which the population of different localities has rejected similar projects, said Pedro Landa, of the Reflection, ...
... the reflection on the worrying situation that the indigenous peoples of Guatemala and Honduras face, these countries’ governments seek to legitimize the actions of companies by regulating consultation ...
... extractive activities in Guatemala or Honduras.
Vidalina Morales, a member of ADES and an anti-mining activist involved in the movement since its beginnings, stressed that the mining industry is harmful ...
... land, cutting fences, and exploring.
Community leaders, highly politicized from the war years, traveled to mining communities in Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Honduras, where gold had been exploited for ...
PRESS RELEASE
WOMEN OF GUATEMALA, HONDURAS AND EL SALVADOR DENOUNCE THE IMPACTS OF THE EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES
The women of the Peaceful Resistance La Puya and the Municipality of Mataquescuintla, ...
... prohibition law is useless, if we have the threat of cross-border mining from two countries (Guatemala and Honduras), this implies that people must know the law to defend themselves and must especially ...
... but then a number of people visited large-scale mines just across the border in Honduras and returned home with horrifying tales of polluted water, health ailments, and rising conflict in the communities ...
... visits to mining-affected communities in neighbouring Guatemala and Honduras and by gathering expert opinion on the company’s environmental assessment. Based on their experiences and the information they ...